Unfortunately, according to Selznick, "Brazzi's accent was extraordinarily It was then that my story of love was born with Ilse, my second wife, who I married in 1984. Later, she saw him in a school play and thought he did a fine job. "In later years, as a movie actor, he nevertheless continued to pursue other athletic hobbies. Brazzi had already established himself as a top actor, and top actors were being deferred arrest, and even one American gossip columnist weighed in with her brand of judicial verdict: Liz Smith, the stuffy lawyer she was engaged to before I came along." Mr. Brazzi, who also directed films, appeared in more than 200 movies. Lidia could make for him, quite effortlessly. Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. He was remembered as an Italian stage and screen actor, who made at least 40 films in his career. When the company 'dashingly handsome' movie star (except to those who knew her): Lidia Brazzi, 5'3" to her husband's In the late 1960s, the Bologna native resettled in Italy to work in television and cinema, but he never enjoyed the success he had won making Hollywood films. Strangely, it was through a prophetic dream that he was able to pull himself out of his depression. A private man by nature, Brazzi remained happily married to the same woman for 41 years until Lidia Brazzis death in 1981. for his bravery by President Eisenhower).". movie-going audience on two continents. Farewell. Saturday Evening Post 1/31/59, "Rossano's Revenge", Screenland, January 1959 Three months later, in fact, she He was named after Rossano Veneto, where his father was stationed during his military service in World War I. Brazzi attended San Marco University in Florence, Italy, where he was raised from the age of four. His other notable English-language films include The Barefoot Contessa (1954), The Story of Esther Costello (1957), opposite Joan Crawford, Count Your Blessings (1959), Light in the Piazza (1962), and The Italian Job (1969). departure from boxing may have been a little more dramatic. Originally from Dsseldorf, Fischer had met Brazzi as an infatuated fan in Rome at the age of twenty-four. He continued: At that point I didn't feel like living anymore, and didn't succeed in bearing that During many nights Brazzi helped smuggle out American, British and French prisoners of war. At the time, she had been training as a tennis player -- she's a very skilled that, to make his own. The house in Florence was bombarded and they had to move to a close friend's house, Nello Carapelli, (who was) The bride and groom kneeling solemnly and reverently before the ancient Italian altar of San Iacopini Church in Florence were not young. She turned to her mother and right in the middle of the movie theatre, told her, Thats the man Im going to marry. When Ilse turned 18, she packed up her belongs, said good bye to her family and moved to Rome to pursue Brazzi. This answer is: 24 Dec 1994 (aged 78) Rome, Citt Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy. When Rossano was born in 1916, my grandmother, who was 15. Try again later. "Many producers think that actors are idiots. The very concept of the "Latin Lover" was new, cinematically, and Rossano had only one example ahead of him: Rudolph His rebuttal of the charges, spiced with colorful and exuberant Italian insults, was so dining room. {{ #verifyErrors }}{{ message }}{{ /verifyErrors }}{{ ^verifyErrors }}Something went wrong. these was an unusual aptitude for arm-wrestling. Use Escape keyboard button or the Close button to close the carousel. Generous and trusting by nature, Brazzi has never been Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies. at least one film, as Rossano struggled to find films in which he could expand creatively, and, failing in silence for so many years. When Rossano was given the lead in a school operetta, he had his first taste of stardom as it toured the countryside for almost three months. from the draft on the basis that good motion picture entertainment was needed for national "He could read almost no English at the time and, "I tell you," he says, "I was not able nodded, showed them into the house and then into the bathroom where Rossano, a toddler was sitting on his potty.". The results of his poor decisions nearly upended him, quite quickly. Click here. Seven days later, Brazzis guards vanished and he walked free. himself for starting the rumor in an effort to direct attention away from his legal difficulties. Up until this point, Brazzi says, the pictures he was making were away and on that occasion he told me how happy the past years with Ilse had been. Of course, she said, she was so sure she was destined to marry Whether his interrogator was impressed by Brazzis eloquence or merely aware of the Allies approach, he ordered Brazzi jailed rather than shot. Facing the probability of immediate execution his acting prowess made an appearance when Brazzi explained what may have occurred. Rossano Brazzi, actor, director: born Bologna 18 September 1916; married Lydia Bertolini (died 1981), 1984 Isle Fischer; died Rome 24 December 1994. In time, the type evolved, developing various local variants and gradually incorporating attributes other than the originally defining physical characteristics. She was unable to write more than Rossano Brazzi was an Italian stage and film actor. I didn't want to be a fighter". would "sell" him to her. He was propelled to international fame with his role in the English-language film Three Coins in the Fountain (1954), followed by the leading male role in David Leans Summertime (1955), opposite Katharine Hepburn. "Rossano Brazzi: His Life and Films", 1941 by Myriam Peverelli Zeppegno, Milano, Italy 2. Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab. Then, just as the bitter waters of despair were closing over him for what might well have Actor, 1942 by Pietro Osso, Italy, (He was later decorated No Movies", by Jesse Zunzer he asked at the time, charge of being a member of an international ring (with a group of 100 other defendants), conspiring to sell arms and When word was received that Tinelli would recover, Brazzi packed his gloves in the bottom drawer and forsook Previously sponsored memorials or famous memorials will not have this option. Try again later. house, probably as a measure to oppose him in contrast to all the propaganda that went on in the streets. It appears that, contrary to the public image, Brazzi was actually a very private man, who remained very happily love-smitten young Italian, played the third male lead, behind Clifton Webb and Louis Jourdan. Brazzi - from Selznick.' (He was later decorated La Tosca was not seen in the US until 1947, the third of Brazzi's pictures to appear there almost simultaneously, attracting the attention of Mervyn Le Roy at MGM, who chose Brazzi to play the professor to June Allyson's Jo in the second sound version ofLittle Women (1949). Little Women. "During this period of time, he grew to dislike the Fascist government and its policies. And when an actor, you know, wants to do these kind of things © 2023 Found a Grave, All rights reserved. Release Calendar Top 250 Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Movie News India Movie Spotlight. recalls, "[The] last time I talked to Rossano on the phone, was on Christmas Eve 1993, exactly one year before he passed Rossano Brazzi was born on September 18, 1916 and died on December 24, 1994. Brother: Oscar Brazzi Wife: Lydia Brazzi (d. 1981) Wife: Isle Fischer (until his death) Arms Smuggling 1984 (acquitted 1985) FILMOGRAPHY AS . Rossano had probably been referring to incidents like these when he described his state of mind after Lidia's In his third film that year, Legion of the Lost, he journeys into the Sahara with his true love, Sophia Loren, but deserts her when she refuses to let him have his way with her, later trying to kill John Wayne as he digs for water. slightest altercation with Brazzi," he says, "The plain facts of the matter are Mara Lidia describes her grandfather: "Though he did Work helped to re-focus his scattered heart and emotions; Screen Stories, May 1962 Rossano Brazzi (18 September 1916 24 December 1994)[1] was an Italian actor. The trial itself would not begin until 1986, in Venezia-Mestre, which placed his life and career under The late sixties and early seventies found him choosing some of the most unusual, uncharacteristic packing. In 1916 when Rossano was born, Maria, very young, was obsessed with the thought that something would happen to her son. Thanks for your help! The Merry Chase. Discover what happened on this day. Try again later. information provided by Il Gazzettino, he testified at two trials (one in Venice-Mestre, and one in Florence). As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Brazzi. Learn more about merges. In 1958, he played the lead as Frenchman Emile De Becque in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific. the smooth, suave and utterly silly Carlos Matabosch in The Bobo, in his brief but very funny role as Giorgio in His father had strongly The sponsor of a memorial may add an additional. Someone had apparently betrayed him, and he was never post-performance party at the home of the Italian motion picture producer, Michele Scalera. The strengths of this sign are being loyal, analytical, kind, hardworking, practical, while weaknesses can be shyness, overly critical of self and others, all work and no play. ). I would have made my system". interest, first to pay the debts from his producing venture and then, still at higher rates, to not get back to Italy fast enough. we've learned that the "Latin lover" he was asked to play so often -- and which he played so memorably and with such British and French prisoners of war. of age, to his 12), quickly separated them and it wasn't until the age of 16 that he ventured into love's arena for another three lines. He was married to Lydia Brazzi until her death, and to Ilse Fischer, his second wife, until his death. When Lidia died in 1981, Ilse went to offer him her member of an aristocratic Florentine family, but their first glimpse of each other was at a drama school they were both Still not considering drama seriously But, Ilse held firm. victim of a fan's very sad obsession with Rossano Brazzi. Screen Stories, February 1958 Found more than one record for entered Email, You need to confirm this account before you can sign in. "As far as I'm concerned, if it was all today, I would have had plastic surgery. Fifteen years after this inauspicious beginning, on the anniversary finesse that he did, and he even managed to improve on it. Rossano Brazzi died on December 24, 1994 at the age of 78. A fan had a limousine delivered to the door of his New York Hotel with directions to her home can change your mind," Lidia used to tell Rossano at regular intervals, up until the day of their bad - I am afraid he sounded like a Neapolitan comedian. The repertory company was led by the famous stage actresses, Evidently, this eldest living child was much protected and doted on, from a very early age, and no doubt in this sheltered and the Italian government asked him to move to Milan to make propaganda pictures under Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. of their marriage in 1955, they renewed their vows at the San Iocopini Church in Florence. Sarris. He moved to Hollywood in 1948 and was propelled to international fame with his role in the English-language film Three Coins in the Fountain (1954), followed by the leading male role in David Lean's Summertime (1955), opposite Katharine Hepburn. In fact, many of was overjoyed. Sorry! Interview with Hedda Hopper, Sunday, 2/17/57 grandfather took from the army. This browser does not support getting your location. Gender: Male . You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked. 10. Mother described him as an open-minded person, respectful of other people's without a lira to his name. Brazzi was born in Bologna, Italy, the son of Maria Ghedini and Adelmo Brazzi, an employee of the Rizzoli shoe factory. weapons for drugs. based on information from your browser. The Story of Tosca. He wasn't at all sure that he really wanted to devote ", by Rossano Brazzi, Motion Picture Magazine, October 1955 accounts, he began a frantic and self-defeating round of borrowing money at exorbitant rates of her mother was immediately convinced that her daughter had completely lost her mind. not receive much formal instruction, he read a lot, loved opera and knew all the lyrics by heart. Tampas Glazer Childrens Museum to receive record-setting dinosaur skeleton for new display, The US should extradite Bolsonaro from Florida back to Brazil | Letters, Scenes from Tampas dead mall, alive with nostalgia, Pasco motorcyclist: I couldnt live with myself knowing what I had done. "I made a little bit of acting," he said later, by admin. Gossip columnists spent an inordinate amount of ink Although he had no love for the Fascists, he found 2. He's most familiar to English-speaking audiences for his role as Emile De Becque in South Pacific (1958) , playing opposite Mitzi Gaynor. A nephew, Fabrizio (Oscar's son), contributed to the new "family business" with a screenplay for earlier years of Mussolini's regime. On that basis, the studio accepted Brazzi. Matched against a attorney, who delivered a protest of such dramatic indignation and outrage on behalf of his client that he reduced the lawyer, "and I knew already a little bit how phony it is, how fragile -- all the life of an emotionally for her loss, it still devastated him, to the degree that he described to biographer and friend Rossano Brazzi was born in the Year of the Monkey. impulse - by his mother, and before long she, too, was removed from his life by her parents, who moved away from the city Skin Game. When I Rossano Brazzis mothers name is unknown at this time and his fathers name is under review. and the other people, they were very lousy." Rossano Brazzi, it never even occurred to her that he might already be married, so you can imagine her the wedding dress, who pointed out Ilse to me. Your new password must contain one or more uppercase and lowercase letters, and one or more numbers or special characters. And yes - the occasional lover. . Like many famous people and celebrities, Rossano Brazzi kept his personal life private. This memorial has been copied to your clipboard. Anyone can read what you share. But remembering the dream, I FILM STAR ROSSANO BRAZZI DIES AT 78. The film's huge success was of no benefit to Brazzi. condolences as a friend - he was lost and devastated and desolate at the time, she said - and little by Wasn't (which he also directed) to the nerdy intellectual complete with the tortoise shell glasses He may be her first and last fling; she bites her lip on realising that she is only the latest in a long line of adulteries. until he persuaded LeRoy to use the actor in Little Women. Once more details are available, we will update this section. "matinee idol", or "Latin lover" by those who failed to, or were unwilling to, look past the public hysteria and find the and I thought they made a mistake, that they took me for tennis player, even today. It had been converted into a concentration camp. Another poor choice landed him as the subject of ridicule and a 60 Minutes investigation. nere" in Italian), one of which apparently attempted, but did not succeed, in bombing a train in the area. His friends persuaded him to try out for a part. Celebrity Register Lidia was traveling by train to a village near Florence looked very dashing, but pretending not to be interested, she commented to her friend, "This one has a One week before the liberation of Rome, Brazzi was arrested by the German SS. aside at the party and offered a screen test in his forthcoming "Dialogues of Socrates" waited for the man she loved for 32 years! A system error has occurred. Rossano Brazzi was an Italian stage and film actor. Once, according to David O. Selznick, "Fascist soldiers, unable to locate Rossano's father, murdered two of his cousins for Isn't he handsome?" Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. To the end of his career, he was Returning to He was 78. 14. We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. But during World War I, Maria had given birth two two children. operetta", a children's production of "I principini di Pam-Pam"("The Little Princes of Pam-Pam"), who was apparently quite remember I was taking this very serious." Watch him on utube driving a stunning sports car with cigarette on board in the film The Italian Job with Matt Munros beautiful voice singing On days like these. Date Of Death: December 24, 1994 Cause Of Death: N/A Ethnicity: White Nationality: Italian Rossano Brazzi was born on the 18th of September, 2016. her life in Rome, working as a secretary, an actress in a few films and other assorted jobs. He earned a law degree, practicing law in Rome before entering the theater as a tall, handsome young actor. former schoolboy acquaintance named Mario Tinelli, Brazzi staggered his opponent midway in Round 1 with a left hook to the Lidia was engaged at the time, but she broke it off. resistance group helped to smuggle around 5,000 people away from certain death. Birthday: September 18, 1916 Date of Death: December 24, 1994 Age at Death: 78 Live Live Death Statistics Worldwide and The United States Is Rossano Brazzi's father, Adelmo Brazzi, dead or alive? Another 1954 hit was Three Coins in the Fountain. his knowledge of the Cinecitta movie studio, which had been converted into a concentration Close this window, and upload the photo(s) again. But it was The Barefoot Contessa (1954), featuring Ava Gardner and Humphrey Bogart, that established him in the roles of handsome heartbreaker and aristocrat. times in his career; a man who had survived war, imprisonment and near execution by the German SS, bankruptcy, misjudgments, One major role was that of Emile de Becque, the South Seas planter in the screen adaptation of the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, South Pacific. one sort or another: boxing, soccer, swimming, tennis and golf. He refused. mess," Lidia remembered. "Things I Did and Things I Think I Did", Jean Negulesco, 1984 Linden Press, Simon & Schuster, New York this next step in his career. His first Italian film was the 1941 "The Kings' Jester." theater, toured around the countryside for nearly three months. by everyone who knew her, but she was not naive. Rossano Brazzi was born September 18, 1916 to Adelmo Brazzi and Maria Ghedini Brazzi, in Bologna, Italy. him within the next decade. people think I am." Rossano Brazzi, the Italian actor who made it big in Hollywood as the star of the 1958 classic South Pacific, is dead at age 78. This account already exists, but the email address still needs to be confirmed. Please ensure you have given Find a Grave permission to access your location in your browser settings. Panoramo Biografico degli Italiani d'oggi, date unknown Italian actor - Rossano Brazzi was born in Bologna (city in Emilia-Romagna, Italy) on September 18th, 1916 and died in Rome (capital and largest city of Italy) on December 24th, 1994 at the age of 78. . Today Rossano Brazzi would be 106 years old. Starring Simon Shepherd . A New Lease of Death Wexford's first murder case is re-opened after thirty years. decision. the prodigal son in Siro Angeli's "La Casa" -- and the damage was done. more trusting; Lidia was as sharp as a tack. 1940 over to the Italian authorities. She saw Rossano again at the hotel where the school troupe was staying. 5'10", and a reported 200 lbs., had been variously described as bubbly, joyful, irrepressible, charming, witty, fun, Latin lover is a stereotypical stock character, part of the Hollywood star system.It appeared for the first time in Hollywood in the 1920s and, for the most part, lost popularity during World War II. 11. had been near, and I held her in esteem for her human and professional qualities. Compiled from: 1. There was an error deleting this problem. hemorrhage. finding his performance stiff, humorless and incredible. Template File: No Templates for condition > Aquene - singular.php. Despite his fame as a heartthrob, Mr. Brazzi was insecure about his looks. There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data. that, in consequence of my going out of production, and in consequence of his His last movie was in 1985. professional matches in Florence and Rome - - "Not because I was so good", he says, "but mainly because I was very strong death of the woman he'd depended upon so fiercely for so many years, speaks volumes about his will and determination. After a series of swashbuckling roles, Brazzi became a screen idol until during the 1940s he worked with the resistance groups in Rome during World War II. Perhaps even too believable. Whether his interrogator was impressed by Brazzi's eloquence Rossano Brazzi, Actor, 78; Romantic Leading Man of Films, https://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/27/obituaries/rossano-brazzi-actor-78-romantic-leading-man-of-films.html. the period of time where he began to tear himself free of the mold with a violent determination. continue. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. his life to acting. She actor." is Lidia Brazzi's explanation. Propelled into international recognition, Brazzi won international fame when he played a role that commanded the English language. Malia. Heartthrobs: A Colorful Collection of the World's Most Fascinating Men, Crescent Books, 1974 Following the success of Il natale che quasi non fu, he moved into directing This decade will be known for the rise of smartphones, social media, internet stardom, and always being connected to the web. His first break into films came in 1942, when Zarah Leander's film studio was casting for a leading man to play opposite Leander in the film Damals (1943) (At That Time, Le Foyer Perdu). There is 1 volunteer for this cemetery. as a career, he continued dramatics as a hobby during his second year. be typecast into characters known for their romantic gallantry and heroism found its way into criminals, sexual The movie stars of Germany, France and Italy were imported in the hope that their American films would attract large audiences in their native countries. No animated GIFs, photos with additional graphics (borders, embellishments. She Rossano was four or five, and a younger brother Oscar two years younger. This is a carousel with slides. Burial. "As far as I'm concerned," he once confessed, "if it was all today, I would have plastic surgery. (Grandmother designed the shoes). Make sure that the file is a photo. 17. at least 230 films and television appearances to his credit, decades of respected stage work, and a passion for his craft Brazzi died in Rome on Christmas Eve 1994, aged 78, from a neural virus. suffered tremendously under Mussolini's Fascist government. 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